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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
People writing off vets two after two pre-season games are way out of line.
Every player who ever played the game - including Gretzky and Orr - has looked positively useless over a two, three or four game stretch. And most vets look bad in camp most of the time. This is not new. Yet the conversations are the same every September.
Guys, the vets are not playing with intensity yet - the season is (at least) 6 months long.
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I can understand this, but what does it say about the idea of competing for jobs? If it's truly merit based shouldn't some of these vets start getting their asses in gear?